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Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg

Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1889 in Indianapolis, IN

Died 1968

FJC ID: 2116

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 34/year

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–1968195419601980200020202024340
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 295/year

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–19681954196019802000202020242950
citing decisions

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–1968

Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.

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Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg (August 22, 1889 – September 15, 1968) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Chicago, Illinois. He served as a judge of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals for the last 15 years of his life, appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953.

Prior to his federal judicial service, he had a long career representing Cook County, Illinois, in the Illinois House of Representatives, and served as the 54th speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives (1941–1945). Between his legislative service and his federal judicial service, he also served eight years as an Illinois circuit court judge for Cook County.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County
    Judge · 1945–1954
  2. Private practice, Chicago, Illinois
    1912–1945
  3. Illinois
    State representative · 1912–1913, 1922–1944
    • ↳speaker · 1941–1944
  4. South Park Commissioners, Chicago, Illinois
    General attorney · 1925–1930

Appointments

  1. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    1954–1968 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Chicago Law School
    University of Chicago Law School
    LL.B. · 1912